lotos
English
Noun
lotos (plural lotoses)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lotos in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
lōtos (Egyptian water lily)
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.tos/, [ˈɫoː.tɔs]
Noun
lōtos f or m (genitive lōtī); second declension
- The Egyptian lotus flower, Nymphaea caerulea
- The date-plum, Diospyros lotus
- The mythical lotus tree, possibly Ziziphus lotus
Inflection
Second declension, Greek type.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | lōtos | lōtī |
| Genitive | lōtī | lōtōrum |
| Dative | lōtō | lōtīs |
| Accusative | lōton | lōtōs |
| Ablative | lōtō | lōtīs |
| Vocative | lōte | lōtī |
For the sense mythical lotus tree, Gaius Plinius Secundus used the nominative plural lōtoe in his Naturalis Historia.
References
- lotos in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- lotos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Slovene
Lotos
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlóːtɔs/
- Tonal orthography: lọ̑tos
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